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Make the PassivHaus standard mandatory for new buildings in the UK

Submitted on Monday 13th March 2017

Published on Tuesday 21st March 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017

Signatures: 507

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climate change ~ UK

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Make the PassivHaus standard mandatory for new buildings in the UK

Petition Details

The PassivHaus standard delivers buildings that are healthy, comfortable, and cheap to heat, with heating bills and resulting carbon emissions less than 10% of the average UK building stock. Fuel poverty and climate change can be delivered through high levels of internal comfort.

Additional Information

Despite the obvious benefits of the standard, the construction industry often requires more stick than carrot, with full take-up of the standard only happening in places where legislation has been brought about, such as Brussels, Frankfurt and DĂșn Laoghaire.

While the Building Regs are based on the minimum acceptable standard the building industry will deliver buildings of low performance, with high energy wastage, poor comfort conditions and contradicting design and living practices.


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